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Geek Culture / Google Buys Youtube!

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Michael S
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 14:58
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Google has bought youtube!

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 15:06
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They bought $1.65 billion in stock, youtube still run it.

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 16:47
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$1.65 billion?

Yeah. Google is gonna take over the world one day.


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 17:49
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Let's hope they don't screw it up now.

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 18:01
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i hope we still have decent quality vid's ever seen the video.google.com ones? the quality is so cubey on this res (1280 x 1024)

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Predator boy
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 18:05
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i hope the dont screw youtube up. then america will be mad.

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Alquerian
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Posted: 10th Oct 2006 19:42
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Just thank your lucky stars MsFT didn't buy it. I am sure google will do well with youtube even though youtube has never operated out of the red. Yahoo and CBS also tried to buy youtube, but in the end google won.

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indi
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 02:00
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actually 2.2 billion, but that could be a converted rate from oz.
the site however hasn't made a cent of money as of yet as well.

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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 02:14
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Quote: "actually 2.2 billion, but that could be a converted rate from oz.
the site however hasn't made a cent of money as of yet as well."

I never did get what justify's spending that kind of money with no profit.

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Jeku
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 02:28
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Because the advertising Google will apply to the site will rake in the millions.


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Matt Rock
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 07:48
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I just hope they get rid of that annoying video diary chick who turned out to be an actress on some weird pilot for a reality show. There's an account that desperately needs to be irradicated


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SirFire
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 08:02
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I, for one, welcome our new google overlords.

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 09:02
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I also welcome these google overlords that you speak of. What kind of overlords are they?

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Phaelax
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 09:35
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biggest waste of money i've ever heard. youtube sucks! maybe if video compression wasn't so awful I could actually make out what I was watching.

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Benjamin
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Quote: "youtube sucks! maybe if video compression wasn't so awful I could actually make out what I was watching."

Or you could get glasses to restore your vision to the level of the average person.

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indi
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 11:00
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gobble up the competition.

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Jess T
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 19:37
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Not a big fan of You Tube myself... Another one of those "Web2.0" things that teenagers use as an excuse to live, and definatly something I can live without

At any rate, I like Google's approach to business - They made it big, and are not doing a thing wrong by their customers (mainly those who want a good search engine). Good on 'em

I too welcome the new Google overlords.

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VR2
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 20:17
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Quote: "not doing a thing wrong by their customers"


Not sure the entire Chinese population would agree with you there... didn't google just bow to pressure from the govt and censor the search results?
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Alquerian
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 20:40
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Quote: "Not sure the entire Chinese population would agree with you there... didn't google just bow to pressure from the govt and censor the search results?"

Hasn't everyone? They censor pretty much everything there.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 20:45
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@VR2 yeah, and it isnt just China, its system wide censorship. Purchasing youtube is just to put that whole system under their control and censorship as well.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 21:42
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consider this: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2006/091006googleadmits.htm

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Jeku
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 22:08 Edited at: 11th Oct 2006 22:08
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That link had absolutely no factual proof, just circumstantial evidence. But oh well, it seems to be a central hub for conspiracies anyways

And yes, I agree that Google needs to censor according to local laws. I see no issues with them bending to the Chinese government, or any other for that matter.


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 11th Oct 2006 23:02 Edited at: 11th Oct 2006 23:03
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Quote: "Not a big fan of You Tube myself... Another one of those "Web2.0" things that teenagers use as an excuse to live, and definatly something I can live without. "


*restrains self with great difficulty*

I'll let that comment slide this time. Just don't let it slip again.

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